King has signed a new three-year deal with Gillingham

Gillingham defender Simon King has had to undergo surgery on his injured ankle and the club say he is unlikely to play until next year.

The Gills player-of-the-season picked up the ligament damage in a pre-season friendly with Bromley

"Simon had another, what thought was a minor problem, but obviously it's not turned out minor, it's major," Stimson told BBC Radio Kent.

"So the surgeon had to go in and it was in a bit of a mess."

"Now he's got six weeks non-weight bearing, so you can imagine after six weeks, what sort of physical shape he's going to be in.

"He's got to go through the rehabilitation so I don't think we'll see him this year," the Gills boss added.

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